Sash-fastener



(No Model.)

H. TOOPS.

sAsH FASTBNBR.

Ip* I Pateng rrnn STATES HECTOR TOOPS, OF FRANKFORT, INDIANA.

sAsH-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,457, dated'October 26, i897. Application filed March 6,1897. Serial No. 626,223. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HECTOR TOOPs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Clinton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Sash-Fast-ener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to that class of devices which are applied to the sliding sashes of windows for holding them in any required relation to secure ventilation. This class of devices admits of the top sash being lowered or the bottom sash raised, or both being moved, and at the same time locking the sashes to the window frame or Casement in the relative adjusted position, whether open or closed.

One of the vital features ofthe invention is the construction of a fastener which can be' applied to either side of a sash, so as to be used on the right-hand or the left-,hand stile, and which will be hidden from view from the outside and not adapted to be easily pried off or tampered with by persons seeking to eifect an entrance through a window having the invention applied thereto, and which can be attached to the inner face or side of the lower sash and will operate through the said sash and engage with and lock the upper sash in any desired position.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which*- Figure l is a front view of a window as seen from the inner side, showing the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the parts on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the fastener about on the line X X of Fig. 4., looking in the 'direction of the arrow. Fig. 4. is a section on the line Y Y of Fig. 3, looking to the left.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated operating end of the locking-bolt 5, or this stop may be replaced by a strip of metal or Wood having openings for a like purpose. A strip 6 is secured to the inner face or side of a stile of the top sash and has openings at intervals in its length to receive the operating end of a pin or stem 7, which is disposed at right angles to the locking-bolt 5. In the absence of the strip 6 the openings to receive the engaging end of the pin or stem 7 may be formed directly in the side stile of the top sash.

The fastener consists of a case 8, of suitable design and size to receive the operating parts, and is adapted to be secured to the inner face or side of the bottom sash in the plane of the meeting-rail, and inasmuch as the lockingbolt is double ended and operates alike, whether applied to the right-hand or the lefthand stile of a sash, it can be applied to either side of the sash, as required. The lockingbolt 5 has its middle portion widened and provided with an oblong opening 9, which is straight at one end and made rounding at the opposite end, and the inner side is recessed and formed with a notch l0, the latter receiving the terminal of an operating-cam ll, by means of which the lockingbolt is reciprocated. The terminals of the locking-bolt operate through openings in the ends of the case, so as to be projected from either end, according to the relative position of the fas tener. A spring l2 is mounted upon an end portion of the locking-bolt and is confined between the shoulder formed at the base thereof and the adjacent end of the case, and serves to hold the locking-bolt projected or in a normal position.

The pin or stem '7 is formed with an angular portion 13, intermediate of its ends, and a `shoulder 14, and operates through Vopenings formed in the sides of the case and at right angles to the plane of the locking-bolt 5. The outer end of the pin or stem is supplied with lOl) a ring 15, the latter serving asa means for turning the pin or stem and withdrawing it from engagement with the top sash. A spring i6 is mounted upon the outer portion of the pin or stem between the shoulder 14 and the outer side of the case, and its purpose is to Withdraw the pin and force it into engagement with the top sash, so as to secure it at the required position. This pin or stem is of alength to operate through an opening formed transversely in the meeting-rail or upper portion of the side stile of the lower sash, so as to engage with the top sash or the strip 6 applied thereto. The opening in the sash through which the pin or stem operate is reinforced by means of a collar 17, driven into the said opening and retained in place by frictional engagement or in any of the usual ways commonly adopted in the art.

The operating-cam ll has .its hub portion formed with an angular opening to receive the angular part 13 of the pin or stem and op'- erates in the inner recessed side of the locking-bolt, and its terminal portion enters the notch 10 and engages with the walls thereof, so as to reciprocate the bolt upon turning the, stem or pin tothe right or left. The stem. or pin is slidingly mounted with respect tothe cam to enable its inner end to be Withdrawn from engagement with the top sash, and the angular portion 13 thereof is of such length as to engage with the angular opentng in the hub of the cam, whereby the latter can be moved to operate the locking-bolt, Whether the pin or stem is projected or withdrawn or at any intermediate position. A niby 18is prcvided on one side of theouter portion of the'pin.

or stem, and is adapted to operate in ay groove 19 in a side of the opening'in the case through which the stem or pin operates, whereby the said pin or stem can -be Withdrawn from. @ne gagement with the top sash when the, lock;Y ing-bolt is disengaged from the window frame or casing., thereby admitting of either the top or the bottom sash being moved separately or together, and upon releasing the. pin or stem it; will lock the two sashes at the required position, after which the pin or stenn may be turned to throw the locking-.bolt into engage,-

ment with the window frame or easement,

- of the window, and, moreover,'the device. can

Having thus, described the invention, what isiclaimed as new isf- 1. In a window, the combination with the f ranie or easement and slidingsashes, of a fastener secured to the inner side of the lower sash and comprising a locking-bolt to engage with one of a series of openings provided at one side of the frame or easement, an operating-cam for operating the locking-bolt, and a pin or stem slidably mounted Within the said cam and adapted to operate Iit and the locking-bolt at any position within the range of its movement, and located at right angles to the locking-bolt and operating in an opening of the lower sash, and adapted to engage with one of a series of openings provided on the top sash to secure the sashes at any relative adjusted position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a window, the combination with the frame or easement and sliding sashes mounted therein, of a locking-bolt having an oblong openingY and a recess and notch in one Side, the notch communicating with the recess and located to one side of the oblong opening, an operating-cam located in the recessed side of the locking-.bolt and having its terminal end entering the said notch, and a pin or stem slidi-ngly mounted in the hub portion of the said .cam and passing through the oblong opening lof the locking-bolt and adapted to operate the latter at any position within the range of 'its movement, the said pin or stem serving to 'lock the twov sashes in an adjusted position, and the locking-bolt fixing the position of the lsashes With respect to the Window-frame by entering one of a series of openings provide therein, substantially asset forth.

3. In a combined sash fastener and lock, the combi-nation of a` case having a transverse opening and a groove at one side of the said opening, a looking-bolt, an operating-cam, and a stem operating at right angles to the locking-.bolt and Working through the said cam. and adapted to operate the latter and the `l lockingfbolt at any stage of its movement, land provided at one side with a nib to pass through the groove of the transverse opening in which is mounted the said stem, substantially as and for the. purpose set forth.

4. A sash-.fastener consisting of a oase hav- 1 ing a transverse opening and a groove at one side of the opening, a double-ended lockingg'bolt mounted to reciprocate in the case and l adapted tohave its ends operate through openiings inthe ends of the case, a spring mounted `.upon an end portion of the locking-bolt and confined between the shoulder at the base 'lthereof and the. adjacent end of the case, an operating-cam, and a spring-actuated stem gmounted to move longitudinally in the said lcam and the, transverse opening of the case iand having a nib at one side to pass through :the aforesaid grooveand adapted to move the 4as set forth for the purpose specified.

`fsistng of a case having a transverse opening and a groove atl one Side of the opening, a

` double-ended locking-bolt having an oblong IOO IIO

foam and bolt at any position, substantially 5. The herein-described,sash-fastener, conopening and a recess and notch in one side, a sprn g for holding the locking-bolt in a normal position, an operating-cam located in the recessed side of the locking-bolt and having its terminal end operating in the said notch, a stem Working through the case and having an angular portion slidingly mounted in a corresponding opening in the cam, a shoulder and a nib, the latter adapted to move through the aforesaid groove, a spring mounted upon the stem and confined between the shoulder and the case, and a ring orfinger-grip applied to the outer end of the stem, the stem being adapted to operate the cam and bolt at any position Within the range of its movement, substantially as set forth for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HECTOR TOOPS. Witnesses:

HENRY G. BOWMAN,

J osIAH W. JONES. 

